Travel Vaccinations
**WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY HOLDING TRAVEL CLINICS**
Primrose Lane Medical Centre does not provide specialist or private services for travel. Travel health services under the NHS are very limited.
You should ask your pharmacist for travel health advice or try
www.traveldoctor.co.uk
www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk
www.travelhealth.co.uk
www.patient.co.uk
www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
Local Travel Clinics include:-
Business Medical3 Thomson House11 Pitreavie CourtDunfermlineKY11 8UUtel 01383 733740 | Lindsay & GilmourInverkeithing Cross8 High Street,Inverkeithing,KY11 1NNTel: 01383 418384 | Edinburgh Travel health Clinic14 East Preston StreetEdinburghEH89QAtel 0131 667 1030 |
Dears Pharmacy Dunfermline28 East PortDunfermlineKY12 7JBtel 01383 723571 | Care Pharmacy & Travel Clinic2 Loch StreetTownhillDunfermlineKY12 0HHtel 01383 223360 | |
Some Malaria tablets are available over the counter some require a private prescription
locally the pharmacies that offers an Anti-Malaria service are Dears Pharmacy Dunfermline and ASDA Halbeath (tel 01383 843617)
If you want to attend the surgery for vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.
Vaccinations provided if required for travel by the surgery via NHS prescription
typhoid and paratyphoid
cholera
poliomyelitis
hepatitis A
diphtheria and tetanus
Vaccinations NOT provided by the surgery
hepatitis B
meningitis
rabies
tuberculosis
yellow fever
There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below
It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.
Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.
Travelling in Europe
If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.